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CBS and Paramount Issue New Guideline for Star Trek Fan Films

posted by takyon on Friday June 24 2016, @05:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the terms-of-your-agreement dept.

JeanCroix writes:

Amidst an ongoing copyright-infringement case between CBS, Paramount and the crowdfunded fan film "Star Trek: Axanar," the two media companies outlined several guidelines for any future Star Trek fan productions.

In an open letter to fans, CBS and Paramount wrote that they want to support and encourage fan creativity. The guidelines also state that the companies "will not object to, or take legal action against, Star Trek fan productions that are nonprofessional and amateur and meet the following guidelines."

Sounds like Justin Lin and J.J. Abrams didn't have enough clout to make the lawsuit "go away" after all...

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by vux984 on Friday June 24 2016, @07:48PM

    by vux984 (5045) on Friday June 24 2016, @07:48PM (#365111)

    A parody needs to be a parody. These fan-productions are not generally parody in any meaningful way.

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Friday June 24 2016, @11:05PM

    by Arik (4543) on Friday June 24 2016, @11:05PM (#365219) Journal
    I'm quite aware of that.

    What I am saying is if I were making a straight fan tribute, I think I'd rather convert it to a parody, than finish it as planned and hope it complies with their rules.

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  • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Friday June 24 2016, @11:26PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Friday June 24 2016, @11:26PM (#365236)

    It could be a parody in the sense of "we are able to produce a better show than a giant company with a 100M budget."

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    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Saturday June 25 2016, @01:33PM

      by VLM (445) on Saturday June 25 2016, @01:33PM (#365555)

      A parody of their stupid formula for making a non-infringing movie that sucks.